Trends in life satisfaction in European and North-American adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in over 30 countries
Trends in life satisfaction in European and North-American adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in over 30 countries
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DOI：
10.1093/eurpub/ckv014
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发表时间：
2015-04-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Raven-Sieberer, Ulrike
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作者：
Cavallo, Franco;Dalmasso, Paola;Raven-Sieberer, Ulrike
背景：生活满意度（LS）是广泛用于评估孩子对其生活的感受的指标。方法：通过 Cantril 阶梯对学龄儿童健康行为中的 LS 进行评估，其中 10 个步骤表示最差和最好的生活。该值范围 (0-10) 可分为“低”(0-5) 和“高”(6-10)。根据 2010 年 LS 较 2002 年更高的优势比 (OR) 对国家、年龄组和性别进行比较。 结果：分析 2002 年和 2010 年之间的差异，西欧六个国家的 LS 有所下降：奥地利、加拿大、瑞士、丹麦、芬兰和格陵兰。相比之下，爱沙尼亚、克罗地亚、立陶宛、拉脱维亚、俄罗斯和乌克兰等东欧国家的LS显着增加。关于性别和年龄差异的数据证实了女孩的 LS 评分较低，并且随着年龄的增长而下降。结论：LS 量表似乎是一种能够区分各国青少年人口福祉水平的工具。
Background: Life satisfaction (LS) is an indicator which is widely used for assessing the perception of a child's feeling about his life. Methods: LS is assessed in Health Behaviour in School-aged Children via the Cantril ladder with 10 steps indicating the worst and best possible life. This range of values (0-10) was dichotomized into 'low' (0-5) vs. 'high' (6-10). Countries, age groups and genders were compared based on the odds ratio (OR) of declaring a higher LS in 2010 with respect to 2002. Results: Analyzing the difference between 2002 and 2010, six countries from Western Europe show decreasing LS: Austria, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland and Greenland. In contrast, a group of Eastern European Countries, that is, Estonia, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine, show a significant increase in LS. Data on gender and age differences confirm the lower rating of LS in girls and a decreasing rating with age. Conclusion: The LS scale appears to be a tool capable of discriminating the level of wellbeing of adolescent population among countries.